Look Familiar?

Juliet sometimes reminds us a lot of Lily as a baby...the first picture is of Juliet last week and the second is of Lily two years ago. You can definitely tell that they are sisters! They have the same huge cheeks and contented expressions. It looks like Juliet will keep her dark hair and so far her eyes are still blue.

Juliet is six weeks old and is starting to interact with us more as she coos and smiles at us. She isn't sleeping through the night yet, but she just wakes up once to nurse and then goes back to sleep. She is awake during the day a surprising amount for a newborn, so we may have another child who doesn't sleep a lot!

Michael's New Job

Well, after many months of waiting, Michael officially starts his new job on Monday! He will be working as an analyst for Northrop Grumman out of Baltimore. Before we relocate he will work out of Northrop's Fort Wayne office while traveling a little. We hope to make our move before the end of August to give ourselves time to sell our current home and find our next.

Juliet, Awake

Juliet, Sleeping

Sisters

Things have been going pretty well with Juliet at home and Michael back to work. Lily is adjusting to life with a baby, although it's hard for her to not be the center of attention all the time anymore. She loves to hold her sister, check on her when she's crying, and hold her hands when she's being changed or bathed. Lily also copies mom by taking care of doll babies - singing to them, changing them, and putting them to bed. It's very cute. The hardest part is making sure she's gentle enough with Juliet.

With this big change, Lily is also at the age where she wants to be independent and at the same time wants to be babied. One minute she'll close the door to her room because she wants to play alone and the next she'll cry for you to hold her. She knows her daddy's name and will sometimes insist on calling him Michael but she still climbs onto mama's lap and sings "rockabye baby," wanting to be rocked. We're really trying to make Lily feel included in caring for Juliet and we hope our girls will grow up to have a strong bond as sisters.

Spring Days

Lily has discovered bubbles and can't get enough of them

We've started painting toenails and the favorite color is "rock star pink"

Lily got her own car to drive around the neighborhood

Easter

This Easter, Lily dyed eggs for the first time and went on an Easter egg hunt at Grammy and Grandpa Voorhees' house. Ryan and Michelle came to visit with their kids and got to meet the week-old Juliet. It was a beautiful day and the cousins had fun playing outside together.

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